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On Monday night, LaFollette City Council members renewed their debate about the location of scrap businesses within the city limits.

Historically the city has had little success in preventing the recycling businesses from operating in areas zoned as C2.

During Monday’s workshop meeting Stan Foust, city codes enforcement officer, asked for direction on how to proceed with the case involving Scrappy’s, a scrap metal business located at the Marathon station along Central Avenue.

After nearly two years of legal wrangling the first half of the duo charged in Jayne Love’s death faced a jury last week. It took less than two full days of court for a guilty verdict to be returned in the second-degree murder case.

Thanks to an anonymous donor, the Campbell County Humane Society has received enough funds to spay/neuter approximately 50 animals. This will make it easier and more affordable for those animals to be adopted out, according to Betty Crumley, director of the Campbell County Humane Society.

With the economy the way it is, these funds are coming just in time, Crumley said.

She said that as the economy decreased, the number of pets being left at the shelter increased. Many people just could not afford to keep pets any longer.

Last week, a Campbell County Grand Jury indicted yet another mother for intentionally placing her children at risk.

This time an attempted second-degree murder charged was levied on Amanda C. Snell. She is also charged with attempted felony murder, attempted aggravated child abuse in a child under 8 years of age and attempted aggravated child abuse.

Authorities believe that Snell purposely drove her 1996 Honda into the lake in October of last year. Her children, ages 4 and 9 with her at the time, according to police.

A stolen vehicle left a Knoxville man in Campbell County Jail last week.

On March 22, Jacksboro Police Officer Zachary Graves observed a yellow Nissan Xterra sitting on the shoulder of the road of Main Street, just off of Highway 25W, the arrest report said.

As Graves approached the vehicle, he noticed the driver’s side window was busted out, glass in the driver’s seat, a shirt was over the window and the other windows were fogged up, the arrest report said. It was at this point that Graves noticed someone was lying in the back seat of the vehicle.

A LaFollette man garnered multiple charges after trespassing at a Caryville residence.

On March 18, Caryville Police Officer Ben Marlow arrived at Bruce Gap Road to check on the report of a prowler, according to the police report.

After arriving on the scene, Marlow learned that Lewis Henry Miller Jr., 26, of 107 Wheeler Lane, LaFollette, had allegedly knocked on the door of a Bruce Gap resident, screaming and shouting as well, the arrest report said.